Thursday, September 5, 2013
Yes, Congress Can Authorize War Without Formally 'Declaring' It
There are already two general positions about such an authorizing resolution. One view regards it as lawless, on the grounds that any use
of force is illegal unless Congress has passed a bill "declaring
war." John Nichols of The Nation, for example, sees every military conflict since World War II as illegal, because presidents since Franklin Roosevelt "have not obtained the formal declarations of war required by the Constitution."
Cornelia Pillard, Obama’s radical feminist judicial nominee
Pillard is also a pro-abortion extremist. The
right to an abortion, she argues, is necessary to help to “free[] women
from historically routine conscription into maternity.” She also
contends that men and women who oppose government mandates on employers
to provide insurance coverage for contraception “reinforce[] broader
patterns of discrimination against women as a class of presumptive
breeders.”
Pillard isn’t a fan of ultrasound. She complains that it produces “deceptive images of fetus-as-autonomous-being that the anti-choice movement has popularized since the advent of amniocentesis.” The notion that ultrasound produces images of autonomous beings is absurd. No one claims that the images are of something that is autonomous. Pillard’s concern is that the images look too much like something people want to protect.
Pillard isn’t a fan of ultrasound. She complains that it produces “deceptive images of fetus-as-autonomous-being that the anti-choice movement has popularized since the advent of amniocentesis.” The notion that ultrasound produces images of autonomous beings is absurd. No one claims that the images are of something that is autonomous. Pillard’s concern is that the images look too much like something people want to protect.
Cornelia Pillard’s disingenuous testimony to Congress — Ed Whelan’s take
[T]he conduct-shaping purpose of sex education curricula makes them
vulnerable to equal protection challenge [i.e., subject to judicial invalidation] even if communicating retrogressive sex roles in
traditional academic classes might not be.
Brutality of Syrian Rebels Posing Dilemma in West - NYTimes.com
This scene, documented in a video smuggled out of Syria a few days ago by a former rebel who grew disgusted by the killings, offers a dark insight into how many rebels have adopted some of the same brutal and ruthless tactics as the regime they are trying to overthrow.
Brutality of Syrian Rebels Posing Dilemma in West - NYTimes.com
Wednesday, September 4, 2013
Family Security Matters
In Saudi Arabia last year, 5-year-old Lama al-Ghamdil was killed by her father -- Islamic religious leader and popular TV personality Imam Fayhan al-Ghamdi -- after he became incensed she had lost her virginity. Even more shocking, however, is the person to whom her virginity was lost and the initial punishment he was given.
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